Microsoft has dominated the 'office productivity' tools market for decades and is a de facto way of working in most companies. Having significantly held back innovation in the last 10 years, Office is arguably reaching the end of its useful life as modern digital tools make it look like an old bureaucratic anachronism.

Microsoft will be increasing prices of Azure, Office 365, CRM Online, Enterprise Mobility Suite and other enterprise cloud service in much of Europe, Australia and Canada for a number of its customers.

Cheap Windows tablets are a boon if you work in Microsoft Office. But Microsoft also supplies a portable Bluetooth mouse and a universal keyboard that works with Windows, Android and Apple iOS tablets for working on the go...